The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-29
PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.
"A tear from the eve of sympathy

"A tear from the eye of sympathy be-
comes jewel in the crown of taith--
american Merchant Traveller.
-5iistress TO applicant) ''And
what is your name?n '.Applicant-
MARY Browne. mum; we spell it wild
the e. '"-TSd- Bits.
-Teacher-..What is the difference,
Tommy, between German and q
Dutchman." Tommy-''One has got
money and the other hain't- "-Epoch
Experience is good school, but il
keeps us too long, and the tuition bills
are too costly for fellow who is in a
hurry for a diploma.
If tie present coal famine con-
tinues there will be lots of short court
ing this winter. though we are con-
fident it will not cause premature mar
riages.
When the world is made over again
and the millennium comes, other peo-
pies children and other peoples cats
will certainly be Notwithstanding
Journal
The world would be much better
off were those who pose as leaders IS
deaf and dumb as they are blind
Po0,erQy's Advance Taeeght.
When pawnbroker pays $3.50 for
a new $50 overcoat he may be trying to
lead an honest life. bGsa he leaves room
for a healthy suspicioa to the contrary.
Omaha Herald
S0nly one rife ball in thousand
kills man in battle. If thai thou
sanath bullet could be left out of the
calculation what brave sosEiers we
would be.-Marths' HineyanS Herald
---Itis not unconmon for fashionable
young man TO lisa beyond his means,
but when a daae lives beyond the
means of his mother he must marry or
,cene to want-.N O. PicGgane.
-Frivolity, uuder whatever form it
appears. takes from attention its
strength. from thought its originality,
from feeling lis earnestnsss.-A adame
!aGe StGei.
1t is getting to be = common ex-
preston for "a man to say his baby
weighs ten 1t is generally the kind
of u ton that ton of coal weighs
Puck.
Il harernct with success very fire.
quently," remarked the aged cam
paigner, "Esut we ne er spoke as we
passed by Success always seemed to
be in hurry to see another man.
Hdrper's 2zzGr.
-'.Mariah, suppose we give this copy
of Dante's Inferno away?" why,
what forss'' Il don'U5hink tina. either
of US VILE have curiosity to look at it
now thatgour moSler has come to:lire
with us. - Washington Critic.
mig; Snyderly, q hear that you re-
ferred tc me as War; Yes, sir.I
did; WHIST are you going to do aboutitT'
II was going to ask1ou to put it,down
on paper for ME. want 10 get "a jSf
in an Omaha real-estate Office, and j
don't nscd II better recommendation
-Linco571 Journal.
-Tbu-e seems tc be confusion ts55
ideas as to the anatomical characters
ties of Eropcrty. = e are told, for+ila-
stance. that wealth takes to .itseE
wings. xnd then we all know shat it's
constantly changing hands What
with wigs and hands, it must he some
thing Hlgelic. No wonder i. lis ,insso
much cequest.
The TelephoneyCat.-
Though saost OF the cats on the backyard foGSs
BeOpe 20 the self-sarss choir,
And fai1 fully call and caterwaul.
s. Maria! Maria, Maria
There sscne that shoItc above all tn. rest,
At any isolr that suits rim best,
In strangely human, 3smiliar tone.
AS If bescailed throughE telephone,
Helf3! HelIoi Eeiio!'
his voice we have Leaned to know
And wherever we hear IL we say, There's tfE5
DeteStzk'e nuisance-tas telephone cat"
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